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Author/activist/journalist. New book: THE BEZZLE, a thriller about the Shitty Tech Adoption Curve https://t.co/4ZExCQHv6q @pluralistic@mamot.fr

Jul 3, 2021, 16 tweets

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: The future is symmetrical; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/07/03/bea…

#Pluralistic

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The future is symmetrical: Broadband netizens vs asymmetrical mouse-potatoes.



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#15yrsago T-shirt design: “The Internet, a Series of Tubes” web.archive.org/web/2006070503…

#5yrsago Low income US households get $0.08/month in Fed housing subsidy; 0.1%ers get $1,236 thenation.com/article/archiv…

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#5yrsago Macedonia’s Colorful Revolutionaries defy the state by splashing paint on government buildings and monuments globalvoices.org/2016/07/03/def…

#5yrsago One of the copyright’s scummiest trolls loses his law license fightcopyrighttrolls.com/2016/07/03/pre…

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#1yrago Frederick Douglass's descendants read his July 4 speech pluralistic.net/2020/07/03/mon…

#1yrago Topple monuments…with science pluralistic.net/2020/07/03/mon…

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Yesterday's threads: Nominate for the EFF Pioneer Awards; Biden admin orders an end to surprise billing; I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue is back; and more!



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My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books. @washingtonpost called it "a political cyberthriller, vigorous, bold and savvy about the limits of revolution and resistance."

Get signed books from @darkdel: darkdel.com/store/p1840/Av…

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My book "How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism" is a critique of Big Tech connecting conspiratorial thinking to the rise of tech monopolies (proposing a way to deal with both) is now out in paperback:

onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy…

Signed copies here:
darkdel.com/store/p2024/Av…

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My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."

craphound.com/shop/

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Upcoming appearances:

* Launch for @unshavedmouse's When the Sparrow Falls (@MystGalaxyBooks), Jul 10, mystgalaxy.com/sharpson71021 (my review: pluralistic.net/2021/07/01/bas…)

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Recent appearances:

* The Rent's Too Damned High, @cheesemacro:
realprogressives.org/podcast_episod…

* 3D Printing Sci-Fi, 3DPOD:
3dprint.com/282547/3dpod-e…

* Big Tech Fix, Feet to the Fire podcast:
feet2fire.net/e/a-bigtech-re…

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My first picture book is out! It's called Poesy the Monster Slayer and it's an epic tale of bedtime-refusal, toy-hacking and monster-hunting, illustrated by Matt Rockefeller. It's the monster book I dreamt of reading to my own daughter.

pluralistic.net/2020/07/14/poe…

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You can also follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!

Here's today's edition: pluralistic.net/2021/07/03/bea…

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If you're a @Medium subscriber, you can read these - and previews of upcoming magazine columns and early exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.

My latest Medium column is "Moral hazard and monopoly," on the need to break up big tech platforms

doctorow.medium.com/moral-hazard-a…

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If you prefer a newsletter, subscribe to the plura-list, which is also ad- and tracker-free, and is utterly unadorned save a single daily emoji. Today's is "🍳". Suggestions solicited for future emojis!

Subscribe here: pluralistic.net/plura-list

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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? Follow these threads on the #fediverse at @pluralistic@mamot.fr.

Here's today's edition: mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1…

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